Practice History quiz chapter.16
Which statement about the Haymarket Affair is FALSE? A bomb exploded, killing a police officer. The Knights of Labor was directly responsible for the violence that took place at Haymarket. Seven of the eight men accused of plotting the Haymarket bombing were foreign born. Laborers were gathered at Haymarket Square to demonstrate for an eight-hour-day.
The Knights of Labor was directly responsible for the violence that took place at Haymarket.
How did the displacement of native peoples in Australia differ from the experience of Indians in the American West? a.Aboriginals were gathered together into centralized areas set aside by the government. b.Aboriginals were subject to cultural reconstruction. c.White diseases decimated Aboriginals. d.Government policy orchestrated the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes for official adoption by whites.
d.Government policy orchestrated the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes for official adoption by whites.
The Grange was an organization that: pushed for the eight-hour day. sought to raise railroad rates. pushed for railroads to acquire more land in the West. established cooperatives for storing and marketing farm output.
established cooperatives for storing and marketing farm output.
The second industrial revolution was marked by: a more equalized distribution of wealth. the rapid expansion of industry across the South. the acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industries. a decline in the growth of cities.
the acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industries.
The Supreme Court in Lochner v. New York: voided a state law establishing that bakers could work a maximum of sixty hours per week. limited the number of hours coal miners worked. voided a state law that limited child labor. voided a state law that limited the number of hours women could work.
voided a state law establishing that bakers could work a maximum of sixty hours per week.
